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Japanese magazine Seiyu Animedia (Gakken) launched its first issue back in 2004, and to celebrate its 10th anniversary, the magazine recently launched a poll about the top voice actors (seiyus) in Japan.

Good stock photos can be hard to come by sometimes, especially if they're of niche matters like child soldiers. So when a bustling newsroom intern tracks down a perfect photo of children wielding rifles and sitting on tanks, it's too good to pass up.

3D CG anime movie Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary will finally be hitting Japanese theaters starting today, July 21, 2014, and as a collaboration with the golden movie, Imperial Enterprises will be releasing a limited edition gold-plated Saint Se...

Being an island nation, there is no shortages of beaches in Japan–though if you live in Tokyo, there are times when the only thing resembling the ocean to be seen is a sea of people. After a weekday morning commute spent sloshing around in a packe...

Studio Ghibli has updated their soundtrack offerings on the North American iTunes stores with music up to their brand new When Marnie Was There. Available soundtracks include: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind OST - by Joe Hisaishi Cast in the ...

Tales of Xillia's Milla Maxwell is now available as an anthromorphized version of herself in Namco Bandai's mobile RPG Little Tail Story. The event, which runs till the 21st, will require you to clear it before you'll be granted new member Minya...

Here are the screenshots from the third episode of Sword Art Online II. The series airs every Saturday at 11:30pm JST on TV Tokyo. 1 year after the SAO incident, Kirito is approached by Seijiro Kikuoka from Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and...

During the latest Tumblr Q&A for Adult Swim's Toonami block, a fan question about Gurren Lagann was announced in the most ideal of ways. Gainax's 2007 series is set to run on Toonami starting August 16 at 2:00am.

Excessively bloody action anime Akame Ga Kill has persisted in delivering highly riveting, blood spurting action scenes with its 3rd outing but has also introduced an element of moe into its formula by way of the overly pink-obsessed tsundere Mine...

The Media Factory Bunko Summer School Festival 2014 event was recently held in Akihabara, where lots of new information are released and announcements are made. One such announcement is that Takumi Hiiragi-Boshi and Yuu Asaba's light novel series ...

The Studio Ghibli International Twitter feed made the announcement this weekend that they've added twenty six soundtracks and other material to iTunes everywhere, making the releases accessible to fans that want to get in on some of the great musi...

Here's the preview of Kamen Rider Gaim's 39th episode. The Rider alliance finally storms the Yggdrasill Tower! Mitsuzane has got rid of all his doubts, and proceeds to kidnap Mai into the Yggdrasil Tower.

Compile Heart's Fairy Fencer F is coming to PlayStation 3 in the west in September, bringing with it the character art of Hyperdimension Neptunia's Tsunako and the respective concept art and music of Final Fantasy veterans Yoshitaka Amano and Nobu...

The Japan Times posted a video that features a 6. 6 meter tall replica of the King of Monsters, Godzilla at the Tokyo Midtown Garden. The statue is 1/7th of the size of the new Godzilla seen in the 2014 film, which will premiere in Japan on July 2...

Baby Steps - 16 That was a real cracker of an episode. I'm torn about the Baby Steps anime, though not about the show itself - I love it. But I honestly don't know whether to feel grateful that it exists at all or cheated that it's going to be s...

I-it's not like we enjoy making lists for you or anything! Baka! One of the most popular archetypes in anime is one known as the "tsundere". "What exactly is a tsundere? " some might ask. Minoru Shiraishi from Lucky Channel off popular anime Lucky...

Film in celebration of Fujiko Fujio's 80th anniversary opens in Japan on August 8 The official website for Stand By Me Doraemon, the first 3D CG film starring the anime robot cat Doraemon, began streaming the second and third trailers for the film...

That face! That face! LOL! I almost died. Love how she thinks she is an adult already at some point. Naru is just awesome. Poor Naru when she read "kuchi" as the katakana "ro". Her change of expression was just gold.

New Hidan No Aria Project Revealed Earlier this year there was an announcement that there will be a new project in production based on Chuugaku Akamatsu and Kobuichi's light novel series Hidan no Aria (Aria the Scarlet Ammo).

Behold Studios revealed via the Tokusatsu Network and its backers that Saban Brands' producers and attorneys have contacted them for Chroma Squad, a game that allows you to create your own Super Sentai series!

Still remember K? didn't like the anime but for some it's one of the best series out there. Haven't seen the trailer yet until today and I think it has that awesome appeal again similar to when it showed it's trailer before.

Namco Bandai has posted new screenshots for the forthcoming Dragon Ball: Xenoverse game on Facebook showing off the mysterious "Future Warrior" character that the company describes below by paraphrasing the V-Jump introduction along with the scree...

Akatsuki no Yona sounds peculiar, looks peculiar, and seemingly will indeed be one peculiar anime series – it's yet another Pierrot work that's not Naruto, looking like a classic Japanese adventure story.

YuruYuri: Nachuyachumi! – Theatrical Trailer + New Visual The first video has released for YuruYuri: Nachuyachumi! , the YuruYuri OVA that will be airing later this year. The video is a theatrical trailer promoting the OVA in its run in the follow...

Na na na na na katamari damacy …I shouldn't have done that. Now that song is going to be stuck in my head for a week. Anyways, I know next to nothing about X-Men, so don't expect any deep comparisons here.

The Bandai Premium shop page for the 15th anniversary Digivices has updated and reveals that there's quite a bit of nostalgia to be had. Many fans guessed that when the Bandai Premium shop said they'd be releasing Digivices for the 15th anniversar...